He grew up in a trailer park and people called him white trash.
white trash
idiomA poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
Origin
first recorded 19th c. disputed originA shortening, first attested in 1850, of poor white trash, which black slaves in the Southern United States were said to call white individuals who worked in servile positions (for example, as butlers).
The movie portrayed the family as white trash, which many critics found offensive and unfair.
Despite having escaped poverty and earned a degree, she still bristled when she heard old classmates whisper that she would always be white trash.
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oil trash
An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.
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take out the trash
To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
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talk trash
To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
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trailer park trash
Alternative form of trailer trash.
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trailer trash
A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
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wash a blackamoor white
To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.
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white bread
Bread made from white flour.
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white coat hypertension
Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.